SAP (SAP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

SAP SE is a German enterprise software company headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. Founded in 1972 by five former IBM employees, SAP develops technology that helps organizations manage finance, procurement, supply chains, human resources, customer relationships and other core business operations.

The company’s principal offerings include SAP S/4HANA Cloud enterprise resource planning software, the SAP Business Technology Platform, and cloud applications such as SAP SuccessFactors for human capital management, SAP Ariba for procurement, SAP Concur for travel and expense management, and SAP Customer Experience solutions. SAP also provides database, analytics, artificial intelligence, integration and business-process management technologies.

SAP serves businesses, government organizations and other institutions across industries and operates in markets throughout Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. The company’s software is delivered through a combination of cloud-based subscriptions, on-premises deployments and related consulting, implementation and support services. Christian Klein serves as SAP’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $203.17 to $210.36
• 50-Day Range: $146.24 to $221.81
• 52-Week Range: $144.97 to $281.36
• Volume: 2.06 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.04 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $257.22 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.30
• Dividend Yield: 1.02%
• Price Target: $256.29
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

SAP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SAP scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 51st out of 595 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

SAP has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 13 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

SAP has a consensus price target of $256.29, representing about 22.4% upside from its current price of $209.38.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

SAP has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.65%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for SAP are expected to grow by 17.65% in the coming year, from $8.16 to $9.60 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SAP is 26.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.82.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SAP is 26.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 78.79.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

SAP has a PEG Ratio of 2.48. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

SAP has a P/B Ratio of 5.04. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.44% of the float of SAP has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SAP has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.33, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SAP has recently increased by 0.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

SAP pays a meaningful dividend of 1.01%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

SAP does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of SAP is 26.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, SAP will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.29% next year. This indicates that SAP will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.55

News Sentiment

SAP has a news sentiment score of 0.55. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for SAP this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 20 people have searched for SAP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -29% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 11 people have added SAP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -15% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, SAP insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.35% of the stock of SAP is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

SAP has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SAP
• CIK: 1000184
• Web: www.sap.com
• Phone: 496227747474
• Fax: 49-62-2775-7575
• Employees: 112,019
• Year Founded: 1972

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for SAP: $256.29
• High Price Target: $375.00
• Low Price Target: $177.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.96
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.30
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.66
• P/E Growth: 2.48
• Net Income: $8.10 billion
• Net Margins: 20.88%
• Pretax Margin: 28.93%
• Return on Equity: 17.07%
• Return on Assets: 10.61%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.19
• Current Ratio: 1.15
• Quick Ratio: 1.15

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $41.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.18
• Cash Flow: $7.76 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 26.99
• Book Value: $41.51 per share
• Price / Book: 5.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,228,500,000
• Free Float: 1,138,209,000
• Market Cap: $257.22 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.14